Dr Marcus Kaiser
Academic Fellow
- Email: m.kaiser@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 8161
- Fax: +44(0)191 222 8232
- Website: http://www.biological-networks.org/
- Address: School of Computing Science
Newcastle University
Claremont Tower
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
Room 908
My main scientific interests are in the area of network analysis both of cortical as well as neuronal networks and the interplay between network structure and function. Current projects investigate the role of structural brain connectivity on neural activity patterns. I also work on the development and plasticity after lesions of neural networks.
Research Interests
Network analysis
Computational Neuroanatomy
Psychophysics
Selected Publications
- Kaiser M, Hilgetag CC, van Ooyen A. Random outgrowth and spatial competition generate realistic connection length distributions and filling fractions. Cerebral Cortex 2009.
- Kaiser, M.; Martin, R.; Andras, P.; Young, M.P. Simulation of Robustness against Lesions of Cortical Networks. European Journal of Neuroscience 2007, 25, 3185-3192.
- Kaiser, M.; Goerner, M.; Hilgetag, C.C. Criticality of spreading dynamics in hierarchical cluster networks without inhibition. Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft and Institute of Physics, 2007. Available at: http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1367-2630/9/5/110/njp7_5_110.pdf.
- Kaiser, M; Hilgetag, C.C. Nonoptimal Component Placement, but Short Processing Paths, due to Long-Distance Projections in Neural Systems. PLoS Computational Biology 2006, 2(7), e95.
- Sporns, O.; Chialvo, D.R.; Kaiser, M.; Hilgetag, C.C. Organization, development and function of complex brain networks. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2004, 8(9), 418-425.
- Kaiser, M.; Lappe, M. Perisaccadic Mislocalization Orthogonal to Saccade Direction. Neuron 2004, 41(2), 293-300.
Research Roles
- Group leader in Neuroinformatics
- Head of Computational Neuroscience, Seoul National University, South Korea
- Deputy director of the Wellcome Trust Systems Neuroscience PhD programme
Postgraduate Supervision
- Jose Marcelino (PhD student; 2006-present)
- Sree Varier (Staff PhD student; 2009-present)
- Richard Tomsett (PhD student; 2009-present)
- Dr Jennifer Simonotto (PDRA; 2007-present)
Esteem Indicators
Member of the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Neuroinformatics and PLoS ONE.
Selected invited talks:
- Seoul National University, South Korea, 5/2009
- Imperial College London, 11/2008
- Oxford, 12/2007
- Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany, 3/2007
- Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico, USA, 1/2007
- European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Cambridge, UK, 6/2006
- Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, USA, 10/2004
Funding
EPSRC - First Grant (PI), 2009
BBSRC - PhD studentship (PI), 2009
Wellcome Trust 4-year PhD programme (Co-PI), 2007
Royal Society - Research Grant (PI), 2007
EPSRC - CARMEN Neuroinformatics project (Co-I), 2006
EPSRC – CASE for New Academics Award (PI), 2006
Qualifications
M.Sc. (Biology) Ruhr-University-Bochum, 2002
Ph.D. (Neuroscience) Jacobs University , 2005
Memberships
British Neuroscience Association
Society for Neuroscience
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
German Computer Science Society (GI)
Postgraduate Teaching
CSC8390 MRes Computing Environments for Bioinformatics (module leader)
CSC8305 MRes Computational Analysis of Complex Biological Systems
CSC8390 MRes Research skills (module leader)
CSC8399 MRes Research project (module leader)
NEU8003 MRes Sensory Systems and Imaging
